¹       I Timothy 1:18
²       II Timothy 2:3-4
³       I Corinthians 9:24-26
⁴       Genesis 25:29-34
⁵       I Chronicles 2:51; 2:10-11; Further information can also be found in the study:
        History of Ruth: Princes, Captains, and the House of Boaz
⁶       Ruth 3:12-13
⁷       I Samuel 17:12
⁸       Romans 11:25
⁹       I Samuel 1:12-16
¹⁰     Deuteronomy 8:3; Proverbs 30:5; Luke 4:4; Romans 10:17; Hebrews 4:12
¹¹     Ephesians 3:1-5
¹²     John 3:3, 7
¹³     John 8:32
¹⁴     I Peter 1:1-2
¹⁵     I Peter 1:14, 23
¹⁶     I Corinthians 3:13-15; 15:58; 16:10; II Corinthians 9:8; Galatians 6:4; Ephesians 2:10; 4:12; Colossians 1:10
¹⁷     Acts 17:11